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Old April 18th 20, 03:03 AM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.aviation
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Default Ercoupes - Ercoupe 01.jpg (1/1) - Fred Weick designed the W-1 with tricycle landing gear. It is shown in March 1934..jpg ... - University-Airport-EDU-Davis-CA-aerial-AHLB2873.jpg

In article , Mitchell Holman
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Miloch wrote in
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In article , Mitchell
Holman says...

Miloch wrote in
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In article , Mitchell
Holman says...


I can remember when seeing these wasn't unusual...nowadays?...not so
much.


The one taking off with JATO bottles must
have been a heck of a ride.

And then there is the taildragger version
in here somewhere........


Found this interesting photo of Fred Weick's first design...and of
course the 'twin'...sorta like the twin Mustang.




I saw a pair of Bonanzas stitched
together like that once........


This is University Airport...somewhere around the time I was there learning to
fly...someone had a Ercoupe parked on the black ramp (left center)...the white
building showing attached to the left side of the ramp was unlocked in the
morning...left unattended all day...and someone came by at 5PM to lock the place
up...just a building with a couple couches, table, chairs, bathroom etc. No
tower...just a 'unicom' on a loop that broadcast barometric pressure and wind
direction. There was a hanger that shows as a white building going vertical to
the black ramp.



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